璧還

Chinese

		piece of jade with hole in centre	pay back; return; also pay back; return; also; in addition; more; still; else; yet; (not) yet
trad. (璧還)		璧	還
simp. (璧还)		璧	还

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìhuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ waan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìhuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìhuán
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-huan²
    • Yale: bì-hwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihhwan
    • Palladius: бихуань (bixuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ xu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ waan⁴
    • Yale: bīk wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ wan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ waːn²¹/

Verb

璧還

1. (literary, honorific) to return something borrowed in good shape and with thanks

Related terms

• 完璧歸趙／完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào)